Here’s how it works. If you’re an Israeli child, maybe. But for an American kid, this oughta scare the bejeesus out of any kid who gets this as a present (though I do wonder if it wouldn’t help, psychologically, some of those kids who survived Sandy Hook – I’m not sure I’d ever go back to school again).

A company called Amendment II is selling a Disney “Princess” bulletproof backpack (one wonders if Disney actually approved of this).

I suspect they may be re-selling the standard Disney kid’s backpack with a bulletproof liner that a number of companies advertise, like this one:

Yes, they have a “Happy Hippo” style of bulletproof backpack insert for your kid.

I decided to search around for what else was available, bulletproof backpack-wise, and there’s actually quite a lot.

Here’s another video, showing the backpack in use, blocking bullets – useful for when your child is the victim of a mass-shooting while bound and suspended from a beam with creepy painted-on John Travolta hair:

And what if they shoot at the kid’s head? Glad you asked. They have portable notebook binders too:

I suppose this is so that your kid can lift her or her notebook and deflect the bullets, Wonder Woman style:

And here’s Wonder Woman in action, showing how America’s children can protect themselves with backpacks made of “feminum.”

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Experts on our local news made it very clear that these would not stop the bullets currently for sale, only heavy swat grade plates would be capable of doing that. The backpacks might stop one bullet but not multiple shots as was experienced at Sandy Hook.

freshacconci

I really shouldn’t have laughed at that…

nicho

Look at all the people who made money off of selling parachutes to office workers after 9/11.

Assuming that such a thin layer of protection would actually stop a bullet, it would do very little to negate the bullet’s kinetic energy. A bullet or two to that backpack and a typical child would be bowled over, exposing him or her self to the next bullet to come along. They’re selling fiction as protection, and I hope no parent ever learns that the hard way.

UncleBucky

And like the Easy-Bake Oven up to now, feminum, it’s only for gurls. Boys who want to wear bracelets of feminum will be teased until they fight back with deadly force in Wonder Woman drag (maybe?)

UncleBucky

Right! And if the kid carries a backpack like this, the kid will have a chance to shoot back at Dad before Dad aims for the ski mask-covered head. :-/

UncleBucky

So! Now, what caliber and design of bullet can get through this? And where can people buy a few boxes of 100? ;o)

nicho

This country has truly gone insane. Repeal the Second Amendment. Problem solved.